basketball shoe
Example Sentences
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Onitsuka Tigers started out as a basketball shoe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
“Air,” a movie that follows the history of Air Jordans, Nike’s basketball shoe that became the model for sports star-endorsed franchises, premieres on April 5.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2023
Why does a basketball shoe have lights in it?
From Slate ● Mar. 4, 2019
At his pop cultural height, Lee was the architect of basketball shoe marketing with Michael Jordan and Nike, the face of New York Knicks fandom and the embodiment of 1990s Afrocentricity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2019
Nike has long dominated basketball shoe sales, according to an industry analyst, because of its relationship with two megastars — Michael Jordan and LeBron James — and its control of college ranks.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2018
